November 1, 2021 Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says Eramet is struggling to attract investment from its home region to process its overseas nickel, lithium and cobalt reserves into battery materials.
November 1, 2021 Rusal seen completing demerger of higher carbon assets in H2 2022 The new AL+ is expected to keep 60% of its current aluminum and 70% of alumina production assets.
October 31, 2021 COP26: What G-20 leaders agreed on coal, methane, net-zero Politicians promised to stop financing overseas coal plants, tackle methane leaks and take greater action this decade to limit global warming.
October 31, 2021 EU and US end clash over steel and aluminium, take aim at China’s ‘dirty’ steel The future EU-US arrangement will be a challenge for China, which produces more than half of the world's steel.
October 31, 2021 While China will continue to use rare earths in EVs, Europe trying different options – report According to IDTechEx, Europe is making efforts to decrease the utilization of magnetic materials and especially heavy rare earths in its electric vehicles.
October 30, 2021 US, EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel, aluminum The decision ends one of the biggest areas of friction between the allies.
October 29, 2021 Glencore expects trading division to beat 2021 guidance High prices for coal and other commodities are helping miners despite lower production in some cases.
October 29, 2021 Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.
October 29, 2021 Anglo American to halve indirect emissions by 2040 Success of its fresh target for Scope 3 emissions reduction depends on the steel sector cutting its own and global policies, Anglo said.
October 28, 2021 COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…
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